Please be aware that discounts and admission prices are subject to change at any time.  Please check with the museums for fees and hours.

One pass per family may be checked out at a time. Overdue fines are incurred at $2 per day. Please do not return passes in the book drop. Passes can be returned to the media drop or to the circulation desk.  All passes are available on a first come, first serve basis. Passes cover admission only;  special programs/exhibits are extra. Passes are checked out for two nights to borrowers 16 and older. There are no renewals nor back-to-back checkouts of the same pass by the same family. For Pass Availability: call the Library at (860) 739-6926 and select #4 on the menu for the Circulation Desk.

Discount Passes

Niantic Children’s Museum
409 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357
(860) 691-1111
50% off admission for a total of 4 adults and children

Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 572-0711
50% off the admission price for 2 adults and 2 children

Free Family Passes

The Carousel Museum and The Museum of Fire History (One pass for both museums located in the same building)
95 Riverside Avenue
Bristol, CT 06010
(860)-585-5411 (The Carousel Museum)
(860)-585-5411 (The Museum of Fire History)

Connecticut River Museum
67 Main Street
Essex, CT 06426
(860) 767-8269

Custom House Maritime Museum
150 Bank Street
New London, CT 06320
(860) 447-2501

Florence Griswold Museum
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371
(860) 434-5542

Lyman Allyn Art Museum
625 Williams Street
New London, CT 06320
(860) 443-2545

New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street
New Britain, CT 06052
(860) 229-0257
Admits 4 people for free. Pass is valid for general admission only. Library pass cannot be used for Docent-led tours.

Old State House
800 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 522-6766

Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 278-2670


Museums with Free Admission
in the Area

The Connecticut College Arboretum
270 Mohegan Ave
New London, CT 06320
(860) 439-5020

Knights of Columbus Museum
1 State Street
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 865-0400

Museum of Connecticut History
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 757-6535

Nautilus and Submarine Force Museum
1 Crystal Lake Road
Groton, CT 06340
(860) 694-3174

William Benton Museum of Art
245 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06269
(860) 486-4520